ACS GCI-PRF Green Chemistry Grant Program (Note: no longer accepting proposals)
ACS GCI has sponsored a green chemistry research grant program with funds allocated from the ACS Petroleum Research Fund (PRF). The activities funded by the program were designated for green chemistry research or education to be conducted in accordance with the PRF Trust Agreement. Grants were made to nonprofit institutions of higher education in the United States and other countries in response to proposals. The program awarded research grants in 2007 and 2008 but has been discontinued for 2009 and beyond.
2008 ACS GCI-PRF grant recipients:
Dr. Carlos Afonso
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
Grant Amount: $94,400 over 2 years
Project: “Preparative One-Pot Solvent Free Resolution-Separation of Rac-Sec-Alcohols Based On Reusable Biocatalyst and Fatty Ester as Temporary Acylating Agent”
Dr. Mary Kirchhoff
American Chemical Society
Grant Amount: $50,000 over 1 year
Project: “2008 Summer School on Sustainability and Green Chemistry”
Dr. Christopher Martin
Lamar University
Grant Amount: $55,104 over 2 years
Project: “OGRE Labs (Organic Green Renewable Experimental Laboratories)”
Dr. Alan Shusterman
Reed College
Grant Amount: $27,600 over 2 years
Project: “Synthesis and Characterization of New Fe-TAML® Oxidation Catalysts Containing Alkyloxy and Aryloxy Substituents”
Dr. Costas Tsouris
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grant Amount: $60,000 over 2 years
Project: “Utilizing Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy and Neutron Imaging to Better Understand Transport Characteristics of Fuel Cells”
2007 ACS GCI-PRF grant recipients:
Dr. Jonathan Ellman
University of California, Berkeley
Grant Amount: $55,858 over 1 year
Project: “Method to Recover and Recycle the Asymmetric Amine Synthesis Reagent tert-Butanesulfinamide”
Dr. George John
City University of New York, City College
Grant Amount: $120,000 over 2 years
Project: “Biosurfactants and Soft NanoMaterials from Renewable Resources: A Green Chemistry Approach”
Dr. Christopher Kitchens
Clemson University
Grant Amount: $56,500 over 2 years
Project: “Surface-Functionalized Composite Membranes for CO2 Capture from Flue Gas and Methane Streams”
Dr. Lisa McElwee-White
University of Florida
Grant Amount: $60,000 over 2 years
Project: “Metal-Free Oxidative Carbonylation Reactions”
Dr. Horacio Olivo
University of Iowa
Grant Amount: $56,500 over 2 years
Project: “Environmentally Benign Organocatalyzed Chemoenzymatic Oxidations”
Dr. Christopher Roberts and Dr. Juncheng Liu
Auburn University
Grant Amount: $57,604 over 2 years
Project: “Green Synthesis and Processing of Cobalt Nanocrystals of Controlled Size and their Deposition onto Carbon Nanofibers/Nanotubes Using CO2 Expanded Liquids: Novel Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts for Clean Fuels Production”
Dr. Aaron Sadow
Iowa State University
Grant Amount: $56,500 over 2 years
Project: “Atom Economy in Hydrocarbon Functionalization: Synthesis of Yttrium Amido Alkyl Complexes for Hydromethylations”
Dr. Robert A. Weiss
University of Connecticut
Grant Amount: $55,911 over 2 years
Project: “Synthesis of PLA Ionomers”